Practical Training

Term Paper guidelines are described in the Practical Training Programme: 

Term Paper Guidelines (Appendix A Internship Programme) 

Term paper topics (i.e. term paper titles) are selected using the LMS system through the module "Thesis/Term paper topics" ("Couse themes").
You can apply for a topic from those proposed by faculty members or propose your own topic. Please note that it is important to contact the supervisor and discuss the final topic.

The request for changing the term paper topic/title is submitted through the LMS system using the module "Thesis/Term paper topics" ("Couse themes").

FAQ about Term paper preparation

How to upload thesis to Learning Management System (LMS) 

Regulations on Checking Student Papers for Plagiarism and the Publication of Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Theses on the HSE Corporate Website

Plagiarism in written assignments

The level of borrowings in your term paper cannot be more than 20%!

The programme provides one professional Work Experience Internship in the 3rd module of the 2nd year of study.

Work Experience Internship dates in the academic year 2024/2025:  13 January 2025 - 15 March 2025

Internship Supervisor - Anastasiia Yu. Pleshkova (apleshkova@hse.ru)

Place of internship           

The place of the internship must be approved by internship supervisor.

There are the following ways to find a place of internship:

1. Get assistance from Career Development Centre. Each year, the CDC forms a base of places for internship, which will be provided by our partners for students. 

2. Your internship supervisor can help to find a place of internship.

3. Internship can be done in the laboratories and research centers of the Higher School of Economics, in this case you need to contact the heads of the respective structural units.

Internship guidelines 

For students of 2023 intake: 

Work Experience Internship Guidelines (Appendix Internship Programme) 

1. At the beginning of the internship, together with the internship supervisor, students draw up an individual assignment for the internship and the schedule of internship. Depending on the place of internship, these documents can be provided both in Russian and English. They are filled in during the internship and signed by internship supervisors from the HSE and the company. After the internship is completed, an individual task and a internship schedule are presented together with the internship report on the day of defence. In the absence of these documents or the absence of the necessary signatures in them, the student will be denied admission to the defense. 

Individual task for the internship in English Individual internship assignment 
Individual task for the internship in Russian Индивидуальное задание 
Filled in example of individual task for the internship Individual internship assignment-Example 

Schedule of the internship in English Intermship schedule
Schedule of the internship in Russian  График прохождения практики 
Filled in example of schedule of the internship Internship schedule-Example

2. After the end of the internship, internship supervisor from company writes a review. The review can be provided in both Russian and English.
Review in English: Internship Regulations, Appendix B  
Review in Russian Отзыв 

3. During the internship, students write a report. The report must be conducted in English. A sample report structure and the title page are given in Internship Regulations, Appendix A. 
The report is submitted in electronic form before the defence of the internship for verification by the dissertation supervisor and the supervisor of the internship. 

Internship defense

Internship defence is conduted with the board during exam period of the 3rd module. To the defense student brings a printed report, completed and signed individual assignment and schedule of the internship, review from the company.
Students who do not complete the internship program without valid reason or who have received an unsatisfactory grade are considered to have academic failure.